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Easton's Bible Dictionary - Riphath

Riphath [N] [H] [S]

a crusher, Gomer's second son ( Genesis 10:3 ), supposed to have been the ancestor of the Paphlagonians.

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M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.
[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
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[S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary
Bibliography Information

Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Riphath". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary - Riphath

Riphath [N] [E] [S]

remedy; medicine; release; pardon
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Bibliography Information

Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Riphath'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names". . New York, N.Y., 1869.

Smith's Bible Dictionary - Riphath

Riphath [N] [E] [H]

(spoken ), the second son of Gomer. ( Genesis 10:3 ) The name may be identified with the Rhipaean mountains, i.e. the Carpathian range in the northeast of Dacia.

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names
Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Riphath'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Riphath

RIPHATH

ri'-fath (riphath):

A son of Gomer, the eldest son of Japhet (Genesis 10:3; 1 Chronicles 1:6, where Massoretic Text and the Revised Version (British and American) read DIPHATH (which see)). Josephus (Ant., I, vi, 1) identifies the Ripheans with the Paphlagonians, through whose country on the Black Sea ran the river "Rhebas" (Pliny, NH, vi.4).

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Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'RIPHATH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.